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Federal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers

A federal judge in Texas struck down guidance from a government agency establishing protections against workplace harassment based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Thursday determined that ...

Wood County Grand Jury issues indictments

PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man accused of multiple sexual assault and abuse charges was one of 56 people indicted Wednesday by the Wood County Grand Jury. Jesse Aaron Stephens, 44, of Parkersburg was charged with 11 counts of first-degree sexual assault; 15 counts of sexual abuse by a ...

Parkersburg man gets probation, fined $75K for immigration crime

CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg man was sentenced this week to three years of federal probation and ordered to pay $75,000 to a foreign national who lived and worked without pay at his business for 10 years. Frederick Sayre Anderson, 65, of Parkersburg, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District ...